A ‘tree’ is not a ‘train’: Mistaken analogies in Pacific archaeology

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 284, 2000, Pages 331-333

  Terrell, John Edward ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropology; Austin; colonization; mitochondrial DNA; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011484719     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 17451530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059391     Document Type: Article

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